“The document does not respond positively to the main issue,” Lavrov said. “The main issue is that Russia’s position is very clear, that it does not allow further eastward expansion of NATO and the deployment of any strike weapons that threaten the territory of the Russian Federation. This position is not groundless. “He recalled all the promises of the West that NATO would not expand eastward, but today they are reluctant to admit it.
Lavrov said: “First they told us that the promise was verbal. Then, when we showed them the memoirs, our Western partners started making excuses that they couldn’t count the whole thing and misunderstood what they meant. They started Explain NATO’s policy of rash expansion in a completely immature way.”
Lavrov also cites written documents signed by the leaders of all OSCE countries, including the President of the United States (Istanbul Declaration in 1999, Astana Declaration in 2010), which states: All are loyal to the indivisible principle of security, which must be observed sacredly.”
Lavrov said: “The principle is laid out quite clearly. There are two main interrelated positions. The first is to recognize the right of every country to freely choose a military alliance. The second is that every country is One cannot strengthen one’s own security at the expense of the security of other countries. In other words, the right to choose an alliance must be premised on the consideration of the security interests of any other OSCE country, including Russia.” The principle of strengthening one’s own security at the expense of the country’s security has been deliberately obliterated.
“This attitude is unacceptable to us,” said Lavrov, who said he had informed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other colleagues in advance that Russia would send them an official letter in the near future asking them to pay only Give a little reason to explain. Lavrov said the official letter will be sent to all countries whose leaders signed the Istanbul Declaration and the Astana Declaration.
In addition, Russia is continuing to study the responses given by the United States and NATO, he said. Lavrov said: “As these two documents are in response to the draft treaty and agreement that we distributed in December 2021, we are working on the two documents comprehensively. After consultation between the departments, we will report to the president. We It’s up to him to decide what to do next.”
A few days ago, the United States and NATO submitted written replies to Russia’s security requirements. Russia demands that the United States undertake not to allow further eastward expansion of NATO, stop military cooperation with post-Soviet space states, withdraw its nuclear weapons from Europe and refrain from deploying any strike weapons there that could pose a threat to Russia. The draft treaty has eight articles, some of which are deemed “unacceptable” by the United States and NATO.
US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan responded to the Russian Foreign Ministry on the evening of the 26th. The U.S. asked Russia not to disclose the contents of the letter, but in the end U.S. Secretary of State Blinken personally released the substance of the document handed over to Russia. As can be seen from his words, any country has the right to independently decide which alliances to join and how to ensure its own security, and NATO’s doors remain open to all.
The United States and NATO regard Russia’s actions as “undermining security and stability”. At the same time, there is also a list of areas in which the United States believes that it can reach an agreement with Russia “on the basis of reciprocity”, that is, arms control (including limiting the deployment of missile systems), increasing the transparency of military activities and reducing risks. Blinken said U.S. President Joe Biden personally participated in the preparation of the U.S. written response and coordinated with U.S. allies in Europe and Ukraine.
Source: Russia Beyond Comprehensive Report
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